Scientist's decision to go ahead with genetically engineering human embryos in a way that can be inherited is “consequential for all of us – for all of humanity” Marcy Darnovsky, Center for Genetics and Society

Documents released in US cancer litigation show Monsanto’s desperate attempts to suppress a study that showed adverse effects of Roundup herbicide – and that the editor of the journal that retracted the study had a contractual relationship with the company. Claire Robinson reports

ECHA and other EU authorities broke their own rules and brushed aside evidence of cancer to conclude that glyphosate is non-carcinogenic, according to a report published by GLOBAL 2000. Now the author and editors have challenged ECHA to defend its position in a public scientific debate

A new report by the toxicologist Dr Peter Clausing shows that the EU authorities violated their own rules and disregarded evidence that glyphosate is carcinogenic to reach a conclusion that the chemical does not cause cancer